Quick cuties

This picture I just have to post because it's my favorite! Sweet little Maggie Dog! Maggie is my parents' dog, which they obtained after I left the house--after years of begging to get a dog!! (Can you believe that?) So now when I visit, Maggie is my little baby, and she remembers me every time!

One morning Rychen and I noticed we were twins in our plaid PJs and brown shirts. Of course, being the dork I am, we HAD to take a picture.

Speaking of PJs, I am posting this to my humiliation because I know what a crack up it is. I was cleaning out my brother's room (he's on a mission) and found these old one-peice Dinosaur PJs which actually fit me.....almost!

St. George

Before Rychen left Las Vegas, we took a family drive to St. George to visit some friends. We had some extra time so we also toured a little bit. Here we are at the temple (after spending over an hour in the visitor's center), the Brigham Young home, and tabernacle.

Trip to LV and SLC

We just got back from a long trip to visit friends and relatives in Las Vegas and the Salt Lake area. I uploaded more than 100 pictures! I don't know where to start! It was so fun to be with aunts and uncles, and Rychen P. was so fun the whole time, lack of sleep notwithstanding. He was basically uncle Evan's shadow for 2 weeks straight. Evan even got him to play in the snow, which he was very hesitant to do. Rychen P. loved throwing snowballs.

He also really took to Laura--my sister who has barely been around Rychen ever! But within 5 minutes he was wanting to kiss her, and wanting to do what she was doing too. Laura was/is 9+ months pregnant so it's too bad we didn't get to be there for the new baby. We have a great video of Rychen P. hugging her belly though! Here is a picture I took of us, with one specific purpose: There was only a couple days overlap, when we were both pregnant at the same time!

Another fun person to note was my cousin Don, whom we called "Counkle Don" because his relation to Rychen P. is less than simple. He was hilarious, and we had fun playing red light/green light and red rover. Here is Counkle Don holding Rychen P., and my brother Erick, his wife Melan, and cousin Ethan.

In Ogden, visiting Laura and Jon, we went to Souper Salad. We love salad buffets. Rychen P. made a huge mess, as usual.

These two pictures are of the Massey family, our friends in Las Vegas. (we hooked up my high-school friend with Rychen's mission buddy and now they have 2 kids!)

Another thing we did in Las Vegas was visit the petting zoo, excuse me, the Wild West petting zoo. (Aren't these bathroom doors hilarious?) One funny thing that happened was when we were feeding some animals, and a swan nipped Rychen P. in the leg! I had to carry him the rest of the time, he was so terrified! This petting zoo is awesome, by the way. They have wallabys, llamas, wild burros, one HUGE bull, and all sorts of rare animals I'd never heard of before.

(Notice the stark contrast of weather between Las Vegas and SLC?!! A couple years ago we stayed in a hotel in Las Vegas and swam outdoors in January!)